A 27-year-old vet technician with ‘the biggest heart’ was identified Monday as the woman killed in a St. Paul, Minneapolis, bar shootout that injured 14 others.
Marquisha 'Kiki' Wiley was fatally shot after being caught in a 'hellish situation' when three men opened fire outside the packed bar shortly after midnight Sunday, police said.
'She has the biggest heart,' Marquisha's mother Beth Wiley told KARE 11. 'She was a sweetheart.'
Police arrested three men in connection with the shooting near the Seventh Street Truck Bar, which left 14 others with non-life threatening injuries.
Police described the scene as 'chaotic'.
Marquisha 'Kiki' Wiley, 27, died October 10 after gunman opened fire outside a St. Paul, Minneapolis bar. The vet tech is being remembered for having the 'biggest heart'
Friends and acquaintances payed tribute to her online, calling her 'an amazing vet tech'
'There were gunshot wound victims lying in the street outside the bar, there were gunshot wound victims lying in the sidewalk outside the bar and there were gunshot wound victims lying on the floor inside the bar,' police spokesman Steve Linders told Minnesota News Now reporters at the scene.
A GoFundMe page that generated more than $15,000 for Wiley's parents Monday was filled with tributes to the young victim.
'Marquisha always was very friendly and nice,' wrote one donor. 'An amazing vet tech who loved animals and helping them.'
Said another: 'The world needed her smile and charm :( We are completely devastated for our lovely friends and all of Kiki's family and friends, we lost a
